Solved Lost outbound internet access

Hi there,
I've just upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 (on a Toshiba Satellite Pro) & have lost outbound internet access. I can receive emails into Microsoft Outlook but am unable to send, or browse the internet. It's probably a really simple fix, but I've spent the entire evening trying to figure it out, with no success: I've tried turning off firewalls & virus protection, uninstalling my wireless dongle (am away from home @ present), plus uninstalling network adaptors, with no change. Would greatly appreciate a resolution.
Thanks so much.

During upgrade installations winsock or TCP/IP tends to get messed up.

Winsock entries tells Windows 7 how to access your network services. Additionally, your TCP/IP protocol can be corrupted. The TCP/IP protocol is a stack of 4 layers that includes several transport layers, but when this stack is corrupt you will constantly have connectivity issues.

Type the following two commands into an elevated command prompt one at a time, hit enter after each one then reboot the system.

Let me know if that fixes the problem or not.


netsh winsock reset catalog (reset winsock entries)
netsh int ip reset reset.log hit (reset TCP/IP stack)

Thanks for your suggestions, but unfortunately no success. Have spent hours on the phone with Microsoft support techs who have also been unsuccessful. Other options anyone...??

Murphygirl01 said:

Thanks for your suggestions, but unfortunately no success. Have spent hours on the phone with Microsoft support techs who have also been unsuccessful. Other options anyone...??

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I would have to see a screen shot of the ipconfig/all in order to help you more.

Thanks chev65 for offers of assistance. I'm delighted to advise that after many hours on the phone with Microsoft Tech Support, my internet connection has been restored.
Again, thank you!!